FRONT MATTER
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| 1. OPENING SESSION |
THE 32ND SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
ANTONINO ZICHICHI | 3 |
SCIENCE AND NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
RICHARD L. GARWIN | 6 |
STATEMENT ON MIGRATION
R.K. JENNY | 17 |
| 2. LIMITS OF DEVELOPMENT: MIGRATION |
MIGRATION AND CYBERSPACE
AHMAD KAMAL | 27 |
MIGRATION IN EUROPE
HILTMAR SCHUBERT | 32 |
MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT: A SYNOPTIC EUROPEAN OVERVIEW
NIGEL HARRIS | 38 |
MIGRATION FROM AND WITHIN ASIA
K.C. SIVARAMAKRISHNAN | 45 |
MIGRATION AND GLOBALIZATION
GERALDO G. SERRA | 66 |
| 3. CLIMATOLOGY: GLOBAL WARMING |
FROM CURIOSITY TO CONCERN: A CHRONOLOGY OF THE QUEST TO UNDERSTAND GLOBAL CLIMATE
JOHN S. PERRY | 77 |
SIMPLE CLIMATE MODELS
T.M.L. WIGLEY | 84 |
OLD PHYSICS FOR NEW CLIMATE MODELS – MAYBE
GARTH W. PALTRIDGE | 95 |
ENERGY AND ELECTRICITY CONSIDERATIONS – GLOBAL WARMING PERSPECTIVES
HISHAM KHATIB | 102 |
| 4. TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY: PRIONS |
CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION
R.G. WILL | 115 |
BSE IN NORTH AMERICA
MAURA N. RICKETTS | 120 |
ROLE OF THE POLYMORPHISM AT CODON 129 OF THE PRION PROTEIN GENE IN THE PHENOTYPIC EXPRESSION OF GERSTMANN-STRÄUSSLER-SCHEINKER DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH THE F198S MUTATION.
BERNARDINO GHETTI, LETICIA MIRAVALLE, KEIJI YAMAGUCHI, FRANCINE EPPERSON, JILL R. MURRELL, TONY PERKINS, SIU HUI, BRADLEY S. GLAZIER, MARTIN R. FARLOW, PEDRO PICCARDO and STEPHEN DLOUHY | 133 |
UPDATE ON THE PATHOGENESIS OF TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES
HERBERT BUDKA | 137 |
| 5. THE CULTURAL EMERGENCY: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS — ENVIRONMENT |
INNOVATIONS IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: BENEFITS AND THREATS
AXEL LEHMANN | 143 |
| 6. COSMIC OBJECTS |
RECENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE HAZARD OF AN ASTEROID IMPACT
CLARK R. CHAPMAN | 155 |
RECENT CLOSE APPROACHES OF ASTEROIDS TO THE EARTH
DONALD K. YEOMANS, PAUL CHODAS and STEVEN CHESLEY | 162 |
ASTEROID DEFLECTION: HOPES AND FEARS
RUSSELL L. SCHWEICKART | 177 |
THE NEAR-EARTH OBJECT IMPACT HAZARD: SPACE MISSION PRIORITIES FOR RISK ASSESSMENT AND REDUCTION
A. W. HARRIS, W. BENZ, A. FITZSIMMONS, A. GALVEZ, S. F. GREEN, P. MICHEL and G. B. VALSECCHI | 185 |
HAYABUSA AND ITS FOLLOW-UP PLANS BY JAXA
HAJIME YANO | 186 |
| 7. AIDS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES: ETHICS IN MEDICINE |
LIMITING ACCESS TO DANGEROUS PATHOGENS – THE NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.
DIEGO BURIOT | 215 |
THE U.S. SELECT AGENT RULE AND AN INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP LABORATORY BIOSECURITY GUIDELINES
REYNOLDS M. SALERNO | 221 |
NEW GEORGIAN LEGISLATION ON BIOSAFETY
LELA BAKANIDZE, PAATA IMNADZE, SHOTA TSANAVA and NIKOLOZ TSERTSVADZE | 229 |
INTERNATIONAL BIOSECURITY NORMS AND THE ROLE FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
BRADFORD KAY | 232 |
LEGAL MEASURES TO PREVENT BIO-CRIMES
BARRY KELLMAN | 237 |
| 8. WATER AND POLLUTION |
OVERVIEW OF THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE AND ITS CONNECTION TO CLIMATE: DROUGHTS AND FLOODS
BISHER IMAM and SOROOSH SOROOSHIAN | 251 |
WHAT IS THE REAL VALUE OF WATER? REACHING BEYOND THE DILEMMA OF COST AND PRICE
R. B. LINSKY | 266 |
AGRARIAN TRANSFORMATION AND SHIFTS IN WATER REQUIREMENTS IN RURAL IRAN: A CASE STUDY
AMIR ISMAIL AJAMI | 272 |
SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND THE ROLE OF ISOTOPE TECHNIQUES
PRADEEP AGGARWAL | 284 |
SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGES FOR ENSURING CLEAN AND RELIABLE WATER FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
ANDREW F. B. TOMPSON | 289 |
| 9. PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL MEETINGS AND REPORTS |
AIDS 2004 - PRESSING FINANCIAL AND ETHICAL CHALLENGES
GUY DE THÉ | 307 |
IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE: A POLICY MAKER’S SUMMARY
WILLIAM A. SPRIGG | 309 |
PMP AND WORKSHOP REPORT FOR COSMIC OBJECTS
W. F. HUEBNER | 318 |
2004 REPORT OF THE ENERGY PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL
Bruce Stram | 323 |
BANGLADESH RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM: A SUCCESS STORY OF POVERTY REDUCTION THROUGH ELECTRICITY
ABUL BARKAT | 331 |
SUSTAINABLE NUCLEAR ENERGY - SOME REASONS FOR OPTIMISM
RICHARD WILSON | 371 |
PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL ON INFORMATION SECURITY
Henning Wegener | 387 |
INFORMATION REVOLUTION IN THE MILITARY FIELD AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL REGIME FOR INFORMATION SECURITY
VITALI N. TSYGICHKO | 392 |
LIMITS OF DEVELOPMENT PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL REPORT (Individual papers following this report were discussed during the workshop)
HILTMAR SCHUBERT, JUAN MANUEL BORTHAGARAY, GERALDO G. SERRA, K. C. SIVARAMAKRISHNAN, ALBERTO GONZALES-POZO, NIGEL HARRIS, STEPHEN S. Y. LAU and CHRISTOPHER D. ELLIS | 398 |
WEST AFRICAN POINT OF VIEW ON MIGRATION
COLONEL MBARECK DIOP | 400 |
IMPACTS OF IMMIGRATION ON MEGACITIES IN THE UNITED STATES
CHRISTOPHER D. ELLIS | 403 |
INTER-REGIONAL MIGRATION IN CHINA IN THE POST-DENG ECONOMIC ERA 1990-2000
STEPHEN S.Y. LAU and J. WANG | 410 |
MIGRATION IN MEXICO: SLOWER TRENDS TO MEGACITIES; HIGHER FLOW TO THE U.S.
ALBERTO GONZÁLEZ-POZO | 424 |
MOTHER AND CHILD PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL (MC/PMP)
NATHALIE CHARPAK | 433 |
USING THE KMC PROGRAMME’S DATA BASE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: AN ILLUSION?
CHRISTIANE HURAUX | 436 |
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE ASSURANCE: THE KANGAROO MOTHER CARE PROGRAM EXPERIENCE
JUAN G. RUIZ | 437 |
POLLUTION PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL – 2004 REPORT
LORNE EVERETT and RICHARD C. RAGAINI | 446 |
RISK ANALYSIS PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL
TERENCE TAYLOR | 449 |
| 10. GLOBAL BIOSECURITY WORKSHOP |
THE BIO-SCIENCE DILEMMA - PRECIOUS OPPORTUNITIES & DIRE THREATS
BARRY KELLMAN | 453 |
BIOLOGICAL SAFETY AND SECURITY ADVANCES IN THE LIFE SCIENCES REAPING THE REWARDS AND MANAGING THE RISKS
TERENCE TAYLOR | 455 |
| 11. COSMIC OBJECTS WORKSHOP |
DETECTION OF TRANSIENT PHENOMENA ON PLANETARY BODIES
MARIO DI MARTINO, ALBINO CARBOGNANI and ALBERTO CELLINO | 465 |
PROPOSED GROUND-BASED EXPERIMENTS FOR ASTEROID SEISMOLOGY
RAYMOND GOLDSTEIN, A. DE LOS SANTOS, W. HUEBNER, E. SAGEBIEL and J. WALKER | 495 |
BACK MATTER
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